Friday March Madness Games

[nelsonmuntz]

weird injury in the Florida game that I am surprised doesn't happen more often. VTech player made a one handed pass and wacked Florida player on the follow through.

 

[navery12]

Good thing that Arkansas has a 3 seed, huh? Do you see the refs going in the tank for Arkansas if they were playing a Big 10 or Big 12 opponent?

I really have no interest in having a discussion about seeding/scheduling games. But yeah the refs have been terrible

 

[Dooooooomed]

weird injury in the Florida game that I am surprised doesn't happen more often. VTech player made a one handed pass and wacked Florida player on the follow through.

That had to hurt. Florida player could barely walk to the locker room.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Wojo fired by Marquette

He is an assistant coach, not a head coach. Marquette will upgrade and be a strong program within a year. The roster is in decent shape, which is rarely the case when a coach is canned.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

A pet peeve of mine is crappy post entry passes. A player learns that the post pass should come from the wing in about 5th grade, give or take.

 

[navery12]

Already rumors of Wojo getting the open Utah job

 

[nelsonmuntz]

It is striking how more balanced and unbiased the officiating is in the SEC vs. ACC game than in the SEC vs. Patriot League game.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I am in deep on Texas Tech in my March Madness pools.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Arkansas really sucks. My morning pickup game crew would be up 10 against Colgate if we were getting this much help from the refs.

Refs just stopped a 2 on 1 Colgate break to give Colgate a flop warning on an uncalled offensive foul by Arkansas that happened 3 seconds earlier.

This officiating is an embarrassment to college basketball.

 

[BlueDogs]

Colgate is a good squad.

 

[auror]

Just put Utah State on. I know little about them this year. Anybody think they have a shot here?

Queta is a beast. Probably 2nd best defensive big in the country this year after Mobley.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Kind of surprised that Florida came back and has a 5 point lead on VT. They haven't looked impressive.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Kind of surprised that Florida came back and has a 5 point lead on VT. They haven't looked impressive.

Those two teams are really evenly matched.

 

[navery12]

Big time shot

 

[uconnblueinky]

Payback for Donyell ?

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Some hokie Onions

 

[HuskyHawk]

Big time shot

Hand in his face and he knocked it down. Good game.

 

[elmcityboy]

early onions for va tech!!

 

[Tenspro2002]

As soon as the Florida big failed to give it up and I saw he was a 54% shooter, I knew he would brick both and give up a 3. It's preordained.

 

[Dooooooomed]

Madness!

 

[elmcityboy]

i have va tech in this game. let's gooo!!

 

[nelsonmuntz]

That is why you always foul down 3. I think it is garbage basketball, but I can't figure out a logical reason not to do it.

 

[the Q]

Florida working hard to give this game away

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

needed scott burrell there for the full court heeve

 

[elmcityboy]

holy hell

 

[elmcityboy]

what a poster

 

[navery12]

Something about a dunk like that makes Raftery get energized like it's the early 2000s again

 

[the Q]

needed scott burrell there for the full court heeve

Or just not throw it directly to the defender

 

[Tenspro2002]

That is why you always foul down 3. I think it is garbage basketball, but I can't figure out a logical reason not to do it.

The risk is that you give up an easy 2 off of the offensive rebound (or, worst, case, a 3 off of a kickout), but I agree I can't see a scenario where that's more likely than just hitting a 3 in the run of play.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Is it just me, or does the court seem wrongly oriented. Seems like the court would/arena work better with a 90 degree spin.